Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-01

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Mixed paints, warranted not to crack
or scale, at Southworth's. AZ
A three-rOom house for rent. En-
quire of ID. A. McCandless. 4S
The school BELLS cracked and should
be replaced with new one.
The finest aud cheapest baby buggies,
in great variety, at Rigg & Johnson's.
Money paid by G.,W. Fort when pa
persare executed, If title is perfect. so
Leave orders for ice with Mr.. Ham.
dellveryman, or with y. ID. Jamison. &c
G. II. Butman is talked Of as a candi-
date for treasurer on the republican
ticket.
II you want to get any of those cheap
goods at Blickhahn IL Co.'S, you must
call In a few days. 40
Those wishing any notarial work
done. conveyances written, or abstracts
made, call on G.. w. Fort. so
Two car loads of the celebrated Har-
per flour sold every month, by StaDdi-
ford, Youmans Il Eldred. So
have $4,000 to loan from to q
months time, at low rate.
52-t2 o. &. EwART.
A little trip to the country will show
you as fine crop prospects a any one
ever saw anywhere at this season Of the
year.
Warrie Houghton, of the firm of Gree
yer, Houghton Il Co., well known to all
old Barber county settlers, was here
this week from Milwaukee.
Paint your house with ready-mixed
paints, the best in the market, warrant
ed not TO crack or scale. Sold only 10y
Southworth, Medicine Lodge. AZ
Wood d Vincent say their trade is
steadily increasing through all the
''crying" about hard times. Courtesy,
fair dealing and low prices are bound
to win. 81
The newest and latest styles of spring
millinery are now on exhibition at the
rooms of Mrs. Hatton and Stevens,
oyer the store of Byerley, Dark q Run
yam. Call and see them. A
Wichita does not buy groceries any
cheaper than Stamford, Youmans q
Eldred buy. They are now making a
specially of jObblng, and are supplying
a majority of the small stores in the
county. 81
G.. L. Freeman was out at Coldwater,
last week, getting up plans for the new
national bank building of that city
which his brother y. l.. Freeman is to
build. G. Il. thinks that he may de-
vote some of lis time to Coldwater.
Major &. II. Eldred and wife and his
son, Dudly, and wife, will leave in 4
few days for Colorado to spend the
summer. They will 60 to Dillon, Col,
first and from there, with Eli Smith,
Will hunt and fish through the noun
tains. They are taking all elaborate
outfit from here.
The Sam Slack farm of $50 acres,
near Amber, north of this place, was
sold last week to G. l.. Newman, of
Wichita, who thinks he will locate here
and perhaps, purchase more land. His
attention was called TO the county by
Chas. Coicord, who is located ut WiChi-
Ia in the real estate business.
The Barber town company was or
ganiZed thus week by the election If
the following officers: J. w. McNeal,
president; IL. ). Lands, secretary; G..
j. Skecu, treasurer; b. +. Talbot, bus
mess manager. The articles of moor
poration of the company have been re-
ceiyed from the secretary of state.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR TUE BORROWER THAN CAN BE Of
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
II PAYABLE At THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING THE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
BY CALLING on THEM BEFORE CON-
TRACING FOR A LOAN on YOUR FARM.
ID. NJ. Bronson and wife, of Eldorado,
Kansas, arrived here last Saturday and
remained until to-day, on a visit to
their son, W. NJ. Bronson. Mr.. BrOn-
SON is one of the pioneer real estate
men of Butler county, and has had
much to do with making il one of the
richest in the state. He is pleased with
Medicine Lodge, and thinks something
Of investing here.
We have now on sale n complete line
of j. Lusk's California can goods at
lowest living prices. Oranges and Lem
ons direct from California. The best
rice ever sold i'm this city at Ct cents
per pound. Choice plug tobacco at 80
cents per pound. Turkey smoking to-
bacco in n packages containing ID
of good smoking tobacco and a Virgin
ia pipe, cheap and and good at w. NJ.
Wheeler's. 1t
"Jo-Jo" is said to be morally opposed
to the weed, but delights in chewing
gum, and fairly adores gum-drops.
These virtues ought surely to enhance
hrs attractiveness with the fair sex. A
popularity about "Jo-JO" that will
commend him to the average American
citizen is that he has no earthly use for
the genus dude. "Jo-Jo" gives anus
ing limitations of dudes, prima donnas,
prize-6ghters and policemen.
What came near being serious &C
cident occurred Sunday morning at the
Presbyterian church. Sunday school
had been dismissed, and, AS the chill
dren were passing out of the house, the
fastenings of the thousand-pound bell
in the belfry became loose, and the bell
fell with a terrible crash, a distance Of
six feet, but fortunately was arrested
by joist before it crashed through the